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this has been escalating tensions between them and president obama has spoken to the prime minister. >> following the latest on the developing into the sex scandal. this led to the resignation of the former general's. they stated that they know of no other officials who was linked to the scandal. he stated that he remains confident in general john allen. he is the latest to have been pulled into this. he has been stated to be investigated duty males do to the spot other scandal. >> the maitre elides on all of one and you can still see that it's pretty clear out. we will be right back with the details. >> we are watching wall street. the dow has dropped a hundred and 85 points.europead that they are offical back in a recession. they stated that their economy is retracting. we also had a spike in weekly unemployment claims. it is up 78,000 mainly due to people in new york city falling for unemployment for the first time due to their offices being closed due to super storm sandy. the pace is slowing for foreclosures in the u.s.. the general trend across the united states is slowing in n
this has been escalating tensions between them and president obama has spoken to the prime minister. >> following the latest on the developing into the sex scandal. this led to the resignation of the former general's. they stated that they know of no other officials who was linked to the scandal. he stated that he remains confident in general john allen. he is the latest to have been pulled into this. he has been stated to be investigated duty males do to the spot other scandal. >>...
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president obama talking about how he thinks we can avoid a fiscal cliff. listen to this. >> foundation for a deal that helps the econ pee creates jobs gives consumers certainty gives business confidence they are going to have consumers during the holiday season is if we right away say 98 percent of americans are not going to see the taxes going. if we remove that less than a week as investors worry deals may not be reached in time. they are also concerned about the tax hikes. markets hitting a four-month low. >> businesses and investors obviously disagreeing with what the president said. it's the fear of the cliff with a major selloff. dow down 185 points. do you have any of your holdings? since the election about a week ago the dow is down 5 percent. it is in jeopardy of giving up the gains for the year. the dow jones transportation average already did that. that index is key it takes the shippers the airlines railroads delivering goods for us to buy. the tech heavy index the nasdaq that is officially in a correction with huge stocks apple, google up more
president obama talking about how he thinks we can avoid a fiscal cliff. listen to this. >> foundation for a deal that helps the econ pee creates jobs gives consumers certainty gives business confidence they are going to have consumers during the holiday season is if we right away say 98 percent of americans are not going to see the taxes going. if we remove that less than a week as investors worry deals may not be reached in time. they are also concerned about the tax hikes. markets...
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obama knows, he doesn't know. who knows? certainly not us. mommy ain't buying it and getting impatient. despite the tough i go act at the lectern the affair makes as much sense as left-handed frying pan. obama said he called it terrorism the day after and rice says it wasn't. which leads back to who said blame the video? obama ran with the foreign policy from years of community organizing. in chicago we learn value of phony outrage. >> let me say specifically about susan rice. she has done exemplary work. she made an appearance at the request of the white house where she gave her best understanding of the intelligence provided to her. if senator mccain and graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do with benghazi, and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received, bemichelle her reputation -- besmirch her reputation is outrageous. >> greg: what is going on here? and rage over criticism of benghazi sparks th spark -- exc
obama knows, he doesn't know. who knows? certainly not us. mommy ain't buying it and getting impatient. despite the tough i go act at the lectern the affair makes as much sense as left-handed frying pan. obama said he called it terrorism the day after and rice says it wasn't. which leads back to who said blame the video? obama ran with the foreign policy from years of community organizing. in chicago we learn value of phony outrage. >> let me say specifically about susan rice. she has...
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one state official has a plan to sidestep president obama. he's here to explain. >>> plus millionaires are the latest group to be hosted by the white house to talk about the fiscal cliff. they're just very parties there day after day. these people actually want lawmakers though to hike their taxes. one of them is here to join me and explain that. more "money" coming up next. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. maybe you want to incorporate a business. orrotect your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like the help of an attorney. at legalzoom a legal plan attorney is available in most states with every personalized document to answer questions. get started at legalzoom.com today. and now you're protected. melissa: so the days are flying by, still have you noticed there is no solution in sight for the fiscal cliff. i'm gett
one state official has a plan to sidestep president obama. he's here to explain. >>> plus millionaires are the latest group to be hosted by the white house to talk about the fiscal cliff. they're just very parties there day after day. these people actually want lawmakers though to hike their taxes. one of them is here to join me and explain that. more "money" coming up next. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can....
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and president obama visited some of the people after -- still hurting after hurricane sandy. we'll hear from him and one of the people dealing in the aftermath. the crisis in israel, and the crisis in the aftermath of the storm, those are both coming up. >>> continuing to watch live images coming in from the gaza. this is 10:23 p.m. obviously it is hours later there and night fall has been with them for many hours. our correspondent mentioned that the israeli air force are flying this, and they have hit a lot of targets today. the question is what happens with ground troops. let's bring in the former intelligence officer of defense. mike, good of you, thank you. let's start with the ground troops. it is one thing to uh mass them and another to send them. >> it is, but are you talking about 30,000 reservists, and the missal that was sent to israel. it has gotten a lot worse. i would have said this would be over in a couple days, but it looks now much more significant. >> condemnation has come from the egyptians. it is so much instability there and a lot of fears. >> so the big
and president obama visited some of the people after -- still hurting after hurricane sandy. we'll hear from him and one of the people dealing in the aftermath. the crisis in israel, and the crisis in the aftermath of the storm, those are both coming up. >>> continuing to watch live images coming in from the gaza. this is 10:23 p.m. obviously it is hours later there and night fall has been with them for many hours. our correspondent mentioned that the israeli air force are flying this,...
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a lot of the gifts that obama gave, like obama care, could have given money back to taxpayers through deficit reduction, three reducing health care expenses, student loans the same thing. took the cost out of student loans to taxpayers. the gifts that romney wanted to give to the rich supposedly would have come back to us expanding the economy though there was no evidence of that. romney's gift would have cost taxpayers money. obama's gift saved taxpayers money. >> talk about the splintering inside the republican party or what seems to be happening, you're a supporter of the jindal position which is more tolerant, less coated in racial rhetoric, do you think there's room in the republican party for both of these kinds of voices which is to say, one group of people which is you know karl rove is doubling down saying conservatives shouldn't abandon principles what they need to work on is messaging and bobby jindal advocating for a wholesale rethinking of what conservatism and what the grand old party means in the 2th century. >> i'm encouraged there are more voices and people in the par
a lot of the gifts that obama gave, like obama care, could have given money back to taxpayers through deficit reduction, three reducing health care expenses, student loans the same thing. took the cost out of student loans to taxpayers. the gifts that romney wanted to give to the rich supposedly would have come back to us expanding the economy though there was no evidence of that. romney's gift would have cost taxpayers money. obama's gift saved taxpayers money. >> talk about the...
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he was very conciliatory with president obama. president obama campaigned a certain way in 2008, beat mccain talking about reaching across the aisle and didn't do that. so mccain from the get go was saying, hey, you said you were going to work across the aisle. now he's just calling him on the carp elt. no one is more outspoken than senator mccain. >> i want to talk about taxes and the fiscal cliff. the president said he wants taxes to go up on the well think. what's your thought here? what do you make of that? is he leaving room for negotiations on the deductions? >> well, not a whole lot richard. he was basically coming back with what the position had been earlier, using the $250,000 level. well, theoretically he's open to whatever possibility somebody ask come up with, but he cast doubt on that. the danger, i suppose, is that they reach some deal on some compromise on the bush tax rates, and then never do the tax reform that everybody agrees is needed to actually restructure the thing. so there's a danger in trying to solve the
he was very conciliatory with president obama. president obama campaigned a certain way in 2008, beat mccain talking about reaching across the aisle and didn't do that. so mccain from the get go was saying, hey, you said you were going to work across the aisle. now he's just calling him on the carp elt. no one is more outspoken than senator mccain. >> i want to talk about taxes and the fiscal cliff. the president said he wants taxes to go up on the well think. what's your thought here?...
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hillary clinton has served barack obama well. there would probably be some sort of conversation to try to avert that kind of head-to-head. joe biden has run for president a couple of times before. and he has not done particularly well in the iowa caucuses. >> obviously hillary clinton would have one president in her corner, no matter what, bill clinton. but she has served president obama very well as has joe biden. wouldn't that president the president in a very tight spot? >> it would. >> well, like jonathan said i think some conversations will have to be had behind the scenes before they decide who will go forward. but i think the president will maybe say something -- you know, he'll try to stay out of it, but i think he'll make his choice known behind the scenes. >> so who on the right would be the biggest opponent? would it be a christie or rubio? >> those are certainly two candidates that could come forward in 10 t 2016. marco rubio saying his trip has nothing to do with 2016. nobody other than marco rubio believing that. yo
hillary clinton has served barack obama well. there would probably be some sort of conversation to try to avert that kind of head-to-head. joe biden has run for president a couple of times before. and he has not done particularly well in the iowa caucuses. >> obviously hillary clinton would have one president in her corner, no matter what, bill clinton. but she has served president obama very well as has joe biden. wouldn't that president the president in a very tight spot? >> it...
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but the obama administration lined up with the israelis. state department spokesman mark toner said the u.s. believes israel has the right to defend itself. >> our position is clear that there's no justification for the violence that hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against israel. and the onus is on them to cease their rocket attacks so that this de-escalation can take place. >> suarez: earlier, i spoke with the israeli ambassador to the united states michael oren to discuss the latest developments. ambassador, what's the latest from tel aviv? where the strikes accurate? have missiles actually hit the city and is anyone snurt >> thankfully nobody was hurt. the rockets struck in the greater tel aviv area. the alarms went off. the sirens, prime minister netanyahu was in the city at the time to a bomb shelter and now this simply means that 4.5 million israelis-- over half the population of the state of israel-- has come under rocket fire from terrorists within gaza >> suarez: does this represent a significant of abilitys
but the obama administration lined up with the israelis. state department spokesman mark toner said the u.s. believes israel has the right to defend itself. >> our position is clear that there's no justification for the violence that hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against israel. and the onus is on them to cease their rocket attacks so that this de-escalation can take place. >> suarez: earlier, i spoke with the israeli ambassador to the united states michael...
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we know he's a big obama supporter. he is saying the president should ask for tax increases, not just closing the loopholes but tax increases on the wealthiest americans. >> which include him. >> absolutely. >> here's my question. i've always wondered what this guy makes and if he's in such support of increasing taxes and closing loopholes, i'll mention those twos that affect the wealthy, carried interest, capital gains, if he's a proponent of that, what would that cost him? >> we don't have his current numbers. we know the 2010 numbers. in 2010, warren buffett made $62.8 million. he paid $6.9 million of that on federal income tax, about a 17.4% rate. that's because most of the money he makes is off of investments. so that's taxed at a capital gains rate that can't be more than 15%. he said that's not fair. and that's been his argument. that is not progressive. he wants to see a progressive tax rate. those are the latest numbers that we have. >> if he were to double that will 15% of what he paid. >> he'd be paying about
we know he's a big obama supporter. he is saying the president should ask for tax increases, not just closing the loopholes but tax increases on the wealthiest americans. >> which include him. >> absolutely. >> here's my question. i've always wondered what this guy makes and if he's in such support of increasing taxes and closing loopholes, i'll mention those twos that affect the wealthy, carried interest, capital gains, if he's a proponent of that, what would that cost him?...
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they're at least going up to 18.3% with the obama care taxes. so investors -- percentage wise those are big increases. >> they are, absolutely. >> investors and money managers are noting that. all of us at this conference are dealing with our year-end shareholder dristributions and cap gains right now. it is a topic on many of our minds, as well as our clients. >> it is a divide between the fiscal cliff and what to do with your dividend stocks, how you allocate your capital gains. i mean that's not an easy situation. i just wonder how much of a resolution is already baked in to the market and that's why we've been seeing the volatility, or whether or not there's -- the market is really tossing up its hands and saying we really don't know. a lot of it also i think depends on the economy. so let's take a quick pause here because mr. bernanke, the embargo's lifting on mr. bernanke's comments on housing, which of course will be breaking news because it is an integral part of the economy. the fed chief is speaking. the embargo's lifted. steve leisman
they're at least going up to 18.3% with the obama care taxes. so investors -- percentage wise those are big increases. >> they are, absolutely. >> investors and money managers are noting that. all of us at this conference are dealing with our year-end shareholder dristributions and cap gains right now. it is a topic on many of our minds, as well as our clients. >> it is a divide between the fiscal cliff and what to do with your dividend stocks, how you allocate your capital...
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libya's become a battle between president obama and republican senator john mccain, who insisted again today the administration knew quickly that al qaeda had attacked. >> and for the president of the united states, for two weeks afterwards, to deny that that was the case, is either a cover-up or it is incompetence. >> reporter: susan rice denied it, infuriating republicans. acting cia director mike morerel on the hill today briefed some lawmakers on libya. one, a democrat said the account backed rice, that u.s. intelligence did give her the incorrect account that she passed on. >> that this was a spontaneous protest that involved something militant. that was the best information. they said they had at the time. >> reporter: there had been earlier attacks in benghazi. house republicans hammered the administration reaction. >> the people back here in washington continue to deny additional security. and they continued to do away with security that was already there. >> reporter: democrats pushed back. >> to lay this at the doorstep of the president or the secretary of state or the united
libya's become a battle between president obama and republican senator john mccain, who insisted again today the administration knew quickly that al qaeda had attacked. >> and for the president of the united states, for two weeks afterwards, to deny that that was the case, is either a cover-up or it is incompetence. >> reporter: susan rice denied it, infuriating republicans. acting cia director mike morerel on the hill today briefed some lawmakers on libya. one, a democrat said the...
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president obama tours devastation from hurricane sandy. where the tattered dreams end up, and it's not pretty. cheryl: winners on the nasdaq, cost cutting, investors like it. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. cheryl: president obama this hour on the ground in stan ten island, turned the devastation a week after the hurricane. liz is to be a mile and a half, it's growing more than the empire state building, approaching the weight of the space station. that's according to the sanitation department, and it's about the size of the -- there, now they say it's 20 football fields. this is the sanitation department saying this operation is bigger than after kat
president obama tours devastation from hurricane sandy. where the tattered dreams end up, and it's not pretty. cheryl: winners on the nasdaq, cost cutting, investors like it. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price....
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president obama yesterday called for tax cuts to the middle class immediately. that followed business leaders and a big meeting there, one attendee, a ceo, said his customers are still fragile in their confidence. many of those in the middle class are aspiring to be. we know the stock market has been flagging over fears this fiscal cliff won't be resolved. >> thanks so much. it's 7:18. you're up to date. let's turn it back over to matt and al. >> savannah on the way to guy fieri's restaurant in time square. it's going to be a fascinating segment in our second hour. mr. roker's here. >> we've got soggy stuff to talk about along the carolinas, even some freezing rain in parts of near charlotte. looking at a lot of heavy showers and thunderstorms. some areas going to pick up 1 to 2 inches of rain offshore. the heaviest stuff, of course. and then if you're driving in the pacific northwest or flying, you'll be running into fog. we've got dense fog advisories and even freezing fog advisories. >> good morning. you'll notice more cloud cover today. there is a slight cha
president obama yesterday called for tax cuts to the middle class immediately. that followed business leaders and a big meeting there, one attendee, a ceo, said his customers are still fragile in their confidence. many of those in the middle class are aspiring to be. we know the stock market has been flagging over fears this fiscal cliff won't be resolved. >> thanks so much. it's 7:18. you're up to date. let's turn it back over to matt and al. >> savannah on the way to guy fieri's...
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yeah, three weeks ago, obama was like mitt romney has a terrible idea. and now he's like, hey, are you going to finish those ideas? [ laughter ] some business news, the president of microsoft windows is stepping down after 23 years with the company. i thought that this was a little weird. his resignation letter just said "control-alt-delete." [ laughter ] you know what that means. efficient. efficient. hey, listen to this you guys, a new study found that eating healthier food can improve your memory right away. unfortunately, the first thing you remember is how much better unhealthy food tastes. so much better. finally i just read that there will be a 3% increase in the price of turkey for thanksgiving this year. or as fat chickens put it, uh-oh. we have great show tonight, give it up for the roots! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. for your holiday shopping, right there our record album, "blow your pants off." everyone has vinyl, right? what the am i looking at. there you go. that's the cover of "thank you notes two."
yeah, three weeks ago, obama was like mitt romney has a terrible idea. and now he's like, hey, are you going to finish those ideas? [ laughter ] some business news, the president of microsoft windows is stepping down after 23 years with the company. i thought that this was a little weird. his resignation letter just said "control-alt-delete." [ laughter ] you know what that means. efficient. efficient. hey, listen to this you guys, a new study found that eating healthier food can...
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hills industry. >> mitt romney gives a new explanation for president obama's victory last week. mary gonzales had a cold, she also has asthma. so she sees her allergist who has a receptionist susan, who sees that she's due for a mammogram. mary has one that day. that's when she finds out she has a tumor. she has a successful surgery and because her health provider has an amazing connected system, she has her life. i don't know what you have but i have kaiser permanente. kaiser permanente. thrive >> a dow is up, 1, nasdaq up 3. s & p up 1. there was a high jump in the number of people filing first time claims for unemployment insurance last week. the labor department reports 439,000 people filed for initial jobless benefits, that is up 78,000 from the week before. and the biggest increase in 18 months. mist say a large number of applications were filed in east coast states, damaged by hurricane sandy. people can claim unemployment if their workplaces closed and they don't get paid. the effects of the storm could continue for two more weeks. >>> much of europe is back in a recessi
hills industry. >> mitt romney gives a new explanation for president obama's victory last week. mary gonzales had a cold, she also has asthma. so she sees her allergist who has a receptionist susan, who sees that she's due for a mammogram. mary has one that day. that's when she finds out she has a tumor. she has a successful surgery and because her health provider has an amazing connected system, she has her life. i don't know what you have but i have kaiser permanente. kaiser permanente....
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and on the other side, he said, this is barack obama. he wanted to talked about lincoln's emotional intelligence. he couldn't believe that this man was able to forgive things that had happened in the past, that he was able to surround himself with people who could argue with him. >> we have a viewer question for you because we've collected your book. what was the most surprising or shocking thing about an historical event or person that you discovered in your research? >> i think for me, because i always pictured him -- suddenly i saw that sense of humor. somebody says to him, your two-faced. he said, if i had two faces, you think i'd be wearing this face? >> doris kearns goodwin, thank you so much. that does it for us. bye-bye, charlie. see you tomorrow. up next is your local news. see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning.",, frigidaire we introduced the first home freezer. the first pulsator agitator washer. we created a host of innovations that have helped make your home life better. and now we introduce the frigidaire orbitclean™ dish
and on the other side, he said, this is barack obama. he wanted to talked about lincoln's emotional intelligence. he couldn't believe that this man was able to forgive things that had happened in the past, that he was able to surround himself with people who could argue with him. >> we have a viewer question for you because we've collected your book. what was the most surprising or shocking thing about an historical event or person that you discovered in your research? >> i think...
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of course president obama got 71%. mitt romney just 27%. compare that to the 44% that president bush got in 2004. you can see the party has its demographics problem. they're talking about softening their stance on immigration. possibly talking about, comprehensive reform that would allow for a path to citizenship, gregg. gregg: dan springer, live in las vegas. don't forget to double down on 20 and split your aces. martha: there is the scene right now on capitol hill. the hearings on libya about to get underway. we'll bring it to you cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll wk his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and me from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, nd he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. is a thrilling, dual-flavored ride to mouth fun-town. but it's not like everyone is going to break int
of course president obama got 71%. mitt romney just 27%. compare that to the 44% that president bush got in 2004. you can see the party has its demographics problem. they're talking about softening their stance on immigration. possibly talking about, comprehensive reform that would allow for a path to citizenship, gregg. gregg: dan springer, live in las vegas. don't forget to double down on 20 and split your aces. martha: there is the scene right now on capitol hill. the hearings on libya about...
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leave as one of the most popular members of the obama administration. clinton talks about how she's been in the political spotlight for 20 years. and she wants her life back. fair enough. says she wants to sleep, relax. okay. but what about after that? while hillary clinton has repeatedly said she won't run for president again, this is the same woman who says politics is in her dna. she is after all a clinton. and with a resume that includes secretary of state, senator, first lady, well, a democratic nomination is probably hers for the taking if she wants it. vice president joe biden's keeping the door open to a possible 2016 presidential run although he recently acknowledged it might depend on the economy. a memo to the vice president might also depend on hillary clinton. here's the question, is hillary clinton the answer? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile or go to our post on "the situation room" facebook page. never too early to start speculation. >> special for those of us who are political news junkies. i've been saying for a while no inside information.
leave as one of the most popular members of the obama administration. clinton talks about how she's been in the political spotlight for 20 years. and she wants her life back. fair enough. says she wants to sleep, relax. okay. but what about after that? while hillary clinton has repeatedly said she won't run for president again, this is the same woman who says politics is in her dna. she is after all a clinton. and with a resume that includes secretary of state, senator, first lady, well, a...
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. >> president obama spoke with reporters today. this is his first news conference since early this year. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. i hear you have some questions for me. but let me just make a few remarks at the top and then i'll open it up. first of all, i want to reiterate what i said on friday. right now, our economy is still recovering from a very deep and damaging crisis. so our top priority has to be jobs and growth. we've got to build on the progress that we've made. because this nation succeeds when we've got a growing, thriving middle class. and that's the idea at the core of the plan that i talked about on the campaign trail over the last year, rewarding manufacturers and small businesses that create jobs here, not overseas, providing more americans the chance to earn skills that businesses are looking for right now. keeping this country at the forefront of research, technology, and clean energy, putting people back to work rebuilding roads, bridges and schools and reducing our deficit in a balance
. >> president obama spoke with reporters today. this is his first news conference since early this year. >> good afternoon, everybody. please have a seat. i hear you have some questions for me. but let me just make a few remarks at the top and then i'll open it up. first of all, i want to reiterate what i said on friday. right now, our economy is still recovering from a very deep and damaging crisis. so our top priority has to be jobs and growth. we've got to build on the progress...
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you heard obama, president obama, yesterday at his press conference talk about the mandate to raise taxes. he basically said that this is what people voted for, and more pem wa people wanted this than voted for me. do you expect that to be the new party mantra, this sort of you asked for it, as opposed to, we're doing this because we think it's good economic policy? because honestly, i've got to say, you asked for it, well, the people also want a balanced budget. they want tax reform. they want a lot of things that aren't probably going to happen any time soon. >> reporter: right. i think he thinks on this specific topic, it was something that was in the exit polls, so it's something tangible that he can latch on to. and the fact is, on the tax issue, raising taxes on those that make over $250,000 has had a majority support for a couple of years. >> yeah. >> reporter: ever since this conversation has started. i think it's really on the specific topic. you know, s.e., if you really wanted to get in that exit poll, it also had more people say they'd like to see changes. i think you're going
you heard obama, president obama, yesterday at his press conference talk about the mandate to raise taxes. he basically said that this is what people voted for, and more pem wa people wanted this than voted for me. do you expect that to be the new party mantra, this sort of you asked for it, as opposed to, we're doing this because we think it's good economic policy? because honestly, i've got to say, you asked for it, well, the people also want a balanced budget. they want tax reform. they want...
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